Not a bad morning, with some of the DUs as well as the Korean big guns doing
quite well; Japanese not quite so much. The only definite Chinese was on 1323,
but that had its moments also. A number of the stronger signals became that
way quite suddenly, with a quick (15 or 20 seconds) fade from
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Went off 18 minutes ago (8:20 pm CST) during windstorm per Ernie Wesolowski in
Omaha.
Steve Francis
Alcoa, Tennessee
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That is too bad. A good friend to DXers and was quite the interviewer for many
years. My partner Bob, interviewed him back in the 90s. His old shows are
being run on the web and I wonder who was in charge of those and if they will
continue? Often I will listen to them on the wifi radio before
Absolute is still a beacon for us on the EC. Back in the 70's it was Germany on
1586, France on 1554 or this one.
When the first two shut down, Croatia on 1134 took their place. Now it's
Absolute and Spain on 684.
Russ Edmunds
WB2BJH
Blue Bell, PA
Grid FN20id
I think you said a mouthful Russ, at least with "propagation
conditions are marginal to begin with".
Most DXers could care less about carrier strength; they want to hear
an ID. 3dB is half an S-unit, yet not small, it is half the power;
the accountants will be very happy. I suspect that
While I am mindful of the tenuous nature of TA propagation to Western NA, my
opinion is that propagation conditions are proportionately more responsible for
these receptions, and the
small reductions in power may not have as much impact as might be thought. If
propagation conditions are
Our trans-Atlantic beacon in western Canada will lose some zip next
season. In the article that Mike Terry references below, the link
references another link:
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/112918/Statement-Absolute-Radio-proposals-to-reduce-AM-coverage.pdf
which
